Elizabeth Locks & Dam

Elizabeth Lock and Dam
Location Elizabeth, Pennsylvania and West Elizabeth, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°15′54″N 79°54′00″W / 40.265°N 79.900°W / 40.265; -79.900Coordinates: 40°15′54″N 79°54′00″W / 40.265°N 79.900°W / 40.265; -79.900
Construction began 1905
Opening date 1907
Operator(s) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District
Dam and spillways
Impounds Monongahela River

Elizabeth Locks & Dam is one of nine navigational structures on the Monongahela River between Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Fairmont, West Virginia. Maintained and built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the gated dam forms an upstream pool that extends for 23.8 miles, stretching to Charleroi, Pennsylvania.[1]

The dam is located at mile 23.8 of the Monongahela River; it was modernized during a major reconstruction project in 1979-80.[1]

See also

List of crossings of the Monongahela River

References

  1. 1 2 Pittsburgh District, Great Lakes and Ohio River Division. "Locks & Dam 3, Mon River". U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Retrieved September 5, 2014.
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